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Geelong Women's Tour - 2.2
Australia, February 21-23, 2006
Photography
Stage 4 - January 23: Lara - Lara road race, 115km
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Images by John Veage/Geelong Tour
- Riders stream through the Victorian countryside
- Roadside attraction.
- Over-turned trucks aren't a common hazard, even on the backroads of Australia!
- Recent fire has ravaged the forests at Anakie.
- Lyne Bessette (T-Mobile) lies on the ground after her crash.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Cheerwine/Bicisport) rides at the head of the peloton.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Cheerwine/Bicisport) shows of the colours of Swedish national champion.
- A Team New Zealand rider tackles Mt Wallace
- T-Mobile and team USA riders make the pace
- Lauren Franges (Team USA) climbs Mt Wallace
- Sarah Ulmer (Bike NZ) (r) and Tina Mayola-Pic (Team USA) (2nd r) lead the peloton
- A tumble on Mt Wallace - if you couldn't keep moving on the steep climb, then you needed to be able to clip out double-quick.
- T-Mobile and team USA riders make the pace
- Lauren Franges (Team USA) climbs Mt Wallace
- Sarah Ulmer (Bike NZ) (r) and Tina Mayola-Pic (Team USA) (2nd r) lead the peloton
- Race leader Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) rides away from the peloton on a climb. Wood is known as a sprinter, but is no slouch on the hills, a useful combination.
- Race leader Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) on the way to her third consecutive victory in the Geelong women's Tour.
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) wins the final stage.
- The podium - Oenone Wood (Nürnberger), Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) and Melissa Holt (Bike N.Z.)
- The champagne flows on the podium as race winner Oenone Wood (r) and final stage winner Ina Teutenberg (front) celebrate.
- The champagne shower continues as Mellisa Holt (Bike New Zealand) gets busy with the fizzy
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- Tina Mayola-Pic (U.S. National Team)
- Lyne Bessette before the race start
- Alexis Rhodes getting focussed
- Oenone Wood leads the way on the climb
- Oenone Wood (Nürnberger) would retain the race leader jersey, winning the Geelong Tour for the third time in a row.
- World Cup Champion Oenone Wood
- Olivia Gollan gets out of the saddle
- Esteemed company - Kate Nichols surrounded by Susanne Ljungskog, Lyne Bessette and Judith Arndt
- Susanne Ljungskog on the climb
- Ljungskog feels the strain
- Kimberley Baldwin nearing the summit
- Riders toil up a climb in the parched Victorian countryside.
- Ride or walk - just get over that climb!
- Flattening out the gradient
- Running out of gears
- Australian Claire Baxter rides through the Victorian countryside
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) takes the win in the final stage
- Sarah Ulmer (Bike NZ)
- Champagne spray for Oenone Wood
- Ina Teutenberg cops a spray from Melissa Holt and Tiffany Cromwell
Stage 3 - January 22: Barwon Heads road race, 80km
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- The women roll out for stage 3
- Michelle Hyland (NZ) attacks
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) rides next to Kate Bates (Nurnberger)
- Kristen Armstrong (USA) on the attack
- The peloton passes a go-slow sign
- Team Nurnberger riding on the front
- Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) goes for an intermediate sprint
- Along the beach
- Tina Mayolo-Pic (L) gets her wheel in front of Oenone Wood and Ina Teutenberg
- Rochelle Gilmore nursing an injured knee after a crash in stage 3
- All happy on the podium: Ina Teutenberg (3rd), Tina Mayolo-Pic (1st), and Oenone Wood (2nd)
Stage 2 - January 21: Portarlington criterium, 30km
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- A beautiful afternoon for criterium racing
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) leads the field into the first turn
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) settles into the race
- Australian road champion Kate Bates
- Crit racing in Port Arlington
- Sarah Ulmer
- Sarah Ulmer off the front of the bunch
- The streets of Port Arlington
- Team USA's Kori Seehafer suffering
- Sarah Ulmer cornering
- Sarah Ulmer makes another attack
- Kate Bates working hard for Nurnberger
- World Cup champion Oenone Wood
- Team USA sharing the workload
- The Geelong Women's Tour
- Kate Bates driving with one lap to go
- A three way sprint for the line between Oenone Wood, Ina Teutenberg and Rochelle Gilmore
Images by John Veage/Geelong Tour
- The second stage of the Geelong Tour, a criterium in Portarlington, gets underway.
- The peloton descends from the start
- Rochelle Gilmore (SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan) made a statement in the second stage: she will be a formidable opponent in Sunday's World Cup, even without a large team.
- Race leader Christiane Soeder (Univega) defended her position in the criterium.
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) rides in the criterium.
- Action from the criterium
- Rochelle Gilmore (SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan) grabs victory from Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
- The stage podium - Oenone Wood (Equipe Nürnberger), Rochelle Gilmore (SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan), Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
- Rochelle Gilmore (r) with Australian cycling legend Phil Anderson after the stage.
Stage 1 - January 21: Portarlington time trial, 8km
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- Tiffany Cromwell leader of the best young rider categoryafter Day One, in the time trial
- Susanne Ljungskog in the time trial
- The time trial course in picturesque Port Arlington
- Russia's world champion in action
- Svetlana Bubnenkova was second fastest in the time trial
- Sima Trapp of the USA in the time trial
- Alexis Rhodes competing in the time trial
- A winning smile from Rochelle Gilmore
- Rochelle Gilmore in the time trial
- T-Mobile's big names come out to play
- Priska Doppman of team Univega
- Christiane Soeder - winner of the time trial
- Christiane Soeder in action in the time trial
- Oenone Wood readies herself for the time trial
- Beneath the helmet Kate Bates buries herself in the time trial
- Olivia Gollan (Nobili Rubinetterie) shows the effort as she powers to 16th place in the opening time trial. Gollan won the inaugural Geelong Tour in 2003.
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- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Cheerwine/Bicisport) - the former world champion was 18th in the opening time trial.
- Natalie Bates (New South Wales Institute of Sport) was a competitive fifth place in the opening time trial.
- Oenone Wood (Equipe Nürnberger) kicked off her Geelong title defense with fourth place in the time trial.
- Christiane Soeder (Univega Pro Cycling Team) totally focused during her winning ride.
- The Melbourne skyline provides a backdrop as a rider from Queensland digs deep in the opening time trial.
- Flowers for spectators during the stage one time trial along the Portarlington seafront.
- Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) on the way to sixth place. The track pursuit world record holder is embarking on a serious road racing career in 2006.
- Christiane Soeder (Univega Pro Cycling Team) pulls on the leader jersey - and looks justifiably pleased with herself.
- The top three and best young rider at the end of stage 1: (l to r) Mellisa Holt (NZl) Bike New Zealand, Christiane Soeder (Univega Pro Cycling Team), Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russian National Team) and Amanda Spratt (Australian National Team).
